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What happened in that meeting has shifted over time. now, as of march, the presidents son denied ever meeting with any russians as a representative of the campaign. then after that first-time story came out on saturday, trump jr. said, well, he did meet with a russian lawyer, but it was, twoet, primarily about adoptions, no mention of anything else. the russians froze adoptions to the u.s. after the u.s. issued sanctions in 2012 regarding human rights violations. then trump jr. changed his story...

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Browder pushed congress to write the magnitsky act. veselnitskaya is the top lobbyist on the case. >> apparently an unlimited budget from her russian paymasters to do whatever she deems necessary in terms of attacking the magnitsky act. >> vladimir putin apparently so mad about the sanctions he froze u.s. adoptions of russian children in retaliation. the kremlin denies veselnitskaya was an agent of the russian government but browder believes she was sent to offer a good protocol to the trump tea...

It was not clear that he meant the meeting. i followed up and said, did anyone tell you this was about hillary clinton and about russia and dirt? and he said, no. however, again, what exactly he knew and when he knew it is a huge topic of interest. i asked the white house to clarify what he was referring to. they didnt respond. >> so the president didnt say exactly when he found out. >> im sorry? >> the president didnt tell you exactly -- >> he said at the beginning of that whole exchange that h...

It for the purpose of letting him know had he something on him in effect, bargaining the implication is for his job. now, you know, this is the first time weve heard him say that certainly in public anyway. and it adds a new complexion to that episode. >> and peter, more than that, im reading from your transcript, he says of comey, look at his testimony. his testimony is loaded up with lies, okay? so hes accusing comey of perjury. you and i have both noted that comey in terms of kind of his bear...

The revelations this past week about who was at the meeting and what was said simply never happened at all. >> thankly, hes been saying the same thing for days now and his son has been talking, too, admitting it wasnt just about adoptions and sanctions as i noted in the e-mail chain he released that the meeting was a chance to obtain official documents that would incriminate hillary clinton and her dealings with russia. it went on to say this is

>> i dont think theres anything else. we scoured it thoroughly. >> he first said the meeting never happened, then said it was about adoptions, then admitted the meeting was about getting information on hillary clinton. we cant accept anything don junior says. >> one of the presidents personal lawyers also coming to trump juniors defense during a pr blitz on the sunday shows. >> donald trump jr. himself said things should have been done differently. having said that, none of that is violation of ...

Senator wark warner reacting to the news that an eighth person has been identified. that meeting set up with the promise of incriminating information on hillary clinton, information that was said to be from the russian government. we now know that the name of that eighth person in the room is disclosed. he is ike kavalatse. you see him in las vegas in 2013. now, he is a senior vice president at the real estate development company run by ar ris ago lar rov. that is the russian billionaire whose f...

Of the meeting, it took a revision to get this out, a comment was made by the president that said, "in fact, maybe it was mentioned at some point." maggie, it was unclear reading the pool report what exactly he was referring to by that one discrete comment. do you have any idea? >> right. my interpretation of what he meant by that -- and to be clear, the transcript that the white house put out, they did not include that bit in the press pool we did put that part out because it was a significant ...

The document that the russian lawyer claimed to leave behind in that meeting. anderson? >> what did trump jr.s attorney say about the initial conflicting statement? >> i asked him about that. he defended his client as being willing to tell the full story even before that initial "new york times" article. he said don jr. and his counsel were fully prepared and absolutely prepared to publish or make a statement that was a fulsome statement about the nature of the meeting, what led to the meeting, ...